“Self-regulation is a system for dealing with stress.”

A few of my takeaways:

• Our ability to self-regulate is compromised when we are sleep-deprived.
  We are all sleeping less — average hours of sleep has decreased across all ages.
• Physical activity helps with self-regulation.
• Negative emotions are a BIG DRAIN.

Some recommended resources

• Calm, Alert & Learning (Article by Shanker)
• Calm, Alert & Learning (Book by Shanker)
• Importance of Self-Regulation (Powerpoint from Shanker Nov 25, 2011)
• Calm, Alert & Learning: Companion Content

• Anything by Jay Giedel including:
  • Development of the Young Brain (5 min video from NIMH)
  • Inside the Teenage Brain (60 min program from PBS)
  • The Teen Brain: Primed to Learn, Primed to Take Risks (article)
• The Brain That Changes Itself by Norman Doidge
• The Brain That Changes Itself (CBC – Nature of Things Episode)
• Changing Your Mind (CBC – Nature of Things Episode)
• The Spirit Level (Wilkinson & Pickett)
• The First Idea (Greenspan & Shanker)
• Summary of Shankers Presentation to the BCSSA last fall (Kennedy)
• Self-Regulation Links Via Charlie Naylor

Some other items that may be related:

How We Learn: Teaching to Your Child’s Strengths
New Kinds of Smart (subsumes the work of Gardiner & others)